Jelly and her family live in Chompton-on-de-Lyte, where everyone loves a Blocka Choca bar or two.

So when the end of chocolate is announced, she can’t believe it.
Determined to investigate, Jelly and her gran follow a trail of clues to
a posh chocolate shop and its owner, the pompous Garibaldi Chocolati.
Gari’s suspiciously smug, despite his failing business and yucky
chocolate. Is it really the chocopocalypse, or is there a chocoplot
afoot?

Nayu's thoughts

A fantastically
realistic look at what could happen in a chocolate shortage. I love
how Jelly is in a family with 1 parent who has lost their job, as
these days that is the reality for a lot of people. It was cool having
her grandmother live so close, and convenient for the after hours
expediion Jelly ends up on. There is a lot of humour, some subtle
which younger readers may not get but which made me smile a lot. I
advise having some chocolate to hand when reading this as it made me
want some!!! A girl can only resist for so long, alrhough I'm not as
desperate as Jelly's mum was in that kitchen incident.

Jelly faces so
many concerns that I whooped when she stumbled upon mindfulness. What ifs can be a plague, and when she
learns to enjoy the present I mentally clapped with joy. And yet it is
because she worries so much and thinks ahead that she worked out the
clues to the global chocolate shortage.

Let's just say I was glad there wasn't an
illustration of one of Garibaldi's treasured possessons.

I love the
drama with Jelly's next-door neighbour, Jelly's family dynamics, and how Jelly works hard on
keeping her dad out of trouble. Her hard work and determination pays
off in the end where there is a little twist that has me hoping for
more Jelly adventures.

Hi, I'm Nayu!

About me

About me I'm a UK book reviewer who founded NRC in 2009. As well as books I'm addicted to anime, love gaming, and spend time coaxing novels out of my Muse. I'm at the early stage of the path to publication, and will release all news when I have it! ^o^ Sometimes there will be days without posts because I have to deal with chronic illness and chronic pain gremlins. Please be patient in the down times.

Thanks to my passion for languages I like to rest up watching anime in English, French, and Japanese. I also adore gaming and cross stitch. My crochet hobby has evolved in to my Etsy store and blog Nayu's Crochet Dreams, where I sell handmade blankets, dishcloths and other crochet goods.

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